Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

IMS Racing Director Brian Church (right) congratulates Dubb Ferrell for w in ning the inaugurallMS Over the Hill Gang Classic. Bobby Schwartz (leading) won the IMS Sc ratch main but was disqualified f rom t he Costa Mesa Qualifier main after knocking Phil Collins down. Benne tt hut his lead was short-lived, though, wh en Yama ha rider Marcos Henry, Lamb and another rider crashed after the _ leto p . .tab Bennett and Kielty someho w avoided the pil eup, taking firs t and second at the flag. Lamb was a ble to recover and finished third, Results P/W: 1. David Brady . 60 NOV: 1. Shawn Beal fKawl. 80 A: 1. Tany Haynes (Yam). 80 C: 1. Dav id Scott (Yam); 2. Jake Kielty (Suz); 3 . Viny Hopper (Yam); 4 . Jody Cape (Suz); 5 . Dan Tipton (Yaml. 80 BEG: 1. J oey Bennett IHonl: 2. Scott Lamb; 3 . Josh Kielty (Yaml ; 4. Michael Haley(Kaw); 5 . Brian Hanse n (Han). 125 C: 1. Robert Prou ty (Yam); 2. Gary Chisol m (Yam ); 3 . David Brady; 4. Bria n Baker (Han ). 125 B: 1. Shaw n Caputo (Yam). 125 BEG: 1. Roy Pierce (Han); 2. Matt Calender IKaw ); 3. Robert Camp (Yam); 4 . John Kay (Vam); 5. Joey Cunningha m (Hen). 250 1. J . Ray; 2. Eric Marchall (Yaml ; 3 . Roy Rout h (Sul:l. 250 BEG: 1. Kirk Stu ll (Kaw) ; 2. J .D. Stodc1on (Hon); 3 . Robert Hosk inson (Kaw); 4. Rob Wood (Kawl; 5 . Rick McGarr ity (Hon). 25 +: 1. Roy Rout h (SUI); 2. Eric Marshall (Yam). SR 30+: 1. Jerry Hertmen (Hon); 2. Alan J ackson (Hon); 3 . John Eaton (Kaw ); 4. Glen Kir ley IHon ). . S/SR 40+: 1. Dan Bar low (Kaw); 2. Ma tt Calender (Kaw) . VINT: 1. Roy Pierc e (Hon ); 2. Ted Shirley (SUI); 3 . leonard lawrence (Hon). OPEN AM : 1. Robert Prou lv(Ya m): 2. Michael Boyd (Kaw); 3 . Dale Iverson (Yam). OPEN NOV: 1. Hart ley Davidson (Han). 100 S/MINI: 1. Tony Haynes (Yam). c: Christian's wid e line on lap on e, Collins raced around Faria's GM for third. The pos iti ons stayed the same un til th e white flag. wh en Co llins found tra ction on the o u tside and put it to u se. H e stormed around the o utside and began to cha llenge for 'he lead . As they ca rne off turn two th e fin al time, Collins, riding th e Kelly Micro Systems/ Ro vazzin i ElectriclST PI C. strol JT ' weslake, seemed ready to race by Sch wam. Schwartz went to the outside a nd Collins went down hard. Sch wa rtz, Ch ristian a nd Faria crossed the line with Schwartz taking the checkered n ag firs t. A hu ge crescendo of boos hurled Sch wa rtz' . way after the race. He stopped hi s bik e in turn two and it was an no unced tha t he ha d been disqualified for kn ocki n g Co llins down . Instead o f argu in g, Sch wa m wa lked over, ga ve Collin s a hug a nd co ng ra tula ted him o n the win . A5 Sch wa rtz walk ed back '0 the pits, the boos he earlier hea rd turn ed to a nice round of applause. Resu lts MAtN: 1. Phil Coll ins (Wes); 2. Alan Chri sti an (Jaw); 3 . Mike Far ia (GMI; 4. Bobby Schw artz (Wes). FINAL POINT STAN DINGS: t . Bobby Schwartl P071 ; 2. Phil Collins (97); 3. Mike Faria (93); 4. Steve lucero (91 I; 5 . Billy Hami ll (90); 6. A lan Chr isti an {761; 7. Scott Brant (63); 8 . Ed Castro (61 I; 9. Brad Oxley (601; 10 . Jim Sisemore (56). Collins claims Costa Mesa Speedway Qualifier By Scott Daloisio .32 Smith scores in Mtn. View Motocross CO STA MESA, CA, SE PT. 8 The 1989 AMA Speed way Na tion al Q ualifying Ser ies clo sed at Cos ta Mesa Speed way with a bang o n Fri da y night. T ha t is, a ban g on the track tha t led Phil Collins to the victory in the series end ing race. Things pr oceeded ca lm ly th rough 'he 18 qualifyi ng heats. Series po int lead er Bobby Sc h wa rt z a nd Na ti onal Champio n Steve Lu cero wen t undefeat ed in th e preliminaries. That ga ve th em pe rfect. nine-point scor es. One point beh ind th em was cro wd favorite " Flyin' " Mik e Far ia. As always, the top 16 from th e heats moved into a series of (our sem is. The winner of eac h semi took o ne of four starting positions in th e main even t. . The first two sem is ca me off smooth. England's Phil Collins won over Billy " T he Bulle, " Hamill and Steve Martin in the first o ne. The second semi saw Fari a win from Brad Oxley, Ch arl es Ermol enk o and Scotty Brown. Calm ended on ce the third semi rode onto th e track. When the race left th e line th e fir st time, Lucero a nd vet eran Alan " Cra zy" Christian slammed into each o th er in turn one. Christian went down in a heap while the race carried on. Goi ng in to tum three, Lucero slid out and fell. Half the pack down on the first lap brought a com plete restart. The seco nd try did not go mu ch bet ter. Lucero stuck hi s front tire into Christian's cases in tum three a nd they went do wn in a wad. Try number three saw Lucero and Christian stay off each other, but th e other two riders, Walt Farnum and Shawn McCon· nell decided it was their turn and tangled in tu rn two . The fourth time, things went smoothl y, as Christian took the wi n wi th Lucero and Farnum followi ng. But McConnell fell by hi mself an d needed aid to get to his feet. The fin al semi saw Schwartz get . revenge on Eddie Castro for a defeat th e night earlier. In the co nsola tio n, Lucero had the initial lead but a hard-r id in g Hamill would not let him rest. The weslake-riding teen waited until tum two on lap three before driving ahead of Lucero for th e lead and victory. O ff the pole i n the main, Schwaru leapt into the lead with Christian, Faria and Co llins giving early chase. While Schwaru too k away SANDY, OR, SEPT . 10 Mik e's Suzuki-spon sored Ste ve Sm ith won the overa ll in th e Up The Hill class a ' th e Mou n tain Vi ew R a cewa y Mo to cr o ss in Oregon. At th e end of lap on e in the fir st mota Smith held a slig ht lead o ver H onda ride r Brent Dela y, but wh en Smith came by for th e second tim e Delay had dropped to sixth p lace. Taking over Delay's second pl ace was Honda ride r John Will iam s Jr. Sm ith increased his lead whi le Dela y tried to fight hi s way back through the pa ck. In th e end it was Smith ta king th e chec ke red flag with Williams second and Delay third. Delay had somethin g to prove in th e second moto and he did so by lead ing the race from start-to-finish. Smi th maintained his po sit ion ahea d of Willi ams to fin ish second in the mot o and loc k up th e overall for th e da y. The 250cc Begi nner cla ss featured some gr eat racing, some bad luck. a nd an unfortunate error . Honda rid er Gary Bren start ed the mote in fro nt, followed by fellow Honda rider Paul Gagner and Suzuki rider David Winters. In fourth, mean wh ile, was Honda rider Ken McArthur, who was chargi ng hard. McArthur passed Winters o n lap two an d set h is sights 'o n Gagner. Two la p s later , McArt h ur worked his way by Gagner a nd narrowed the gap between himself a nd Bren . After cha sing Bren for two laps, th e white flag cameou t a nd McArt hur inexplicably pulled off the track, securing Bren's first mota victory and allowi ng Gagner to fin ish second with Ra ndy Co lema n taking third. McArth ur explamed later that he had though t he'd received the whi te flag on the previous lap. In the second mo to , it was G agner taki ng th e early lead follo wed by Wint ers, Bren and Co lema n. Bren was successful in a seco ndlap pass attempt and moved ahead of Winters to ta ke over seco nd. The front four pos itions remained unchanged the rest of the moto, but behind them Wa h Wooley mana!;ed to recover fro m a ~r start and pass four nders to wind up in fifth for th e mo to as we ll in the overall sta ndings. G agner 's second mo to win was exactly what he needed to net the overall for the day . Second went to Bren w hi le Winters garnered third wi th a 4·3 showing. Wooley, By Dan Meeker meanwhile, redeemed himself by sweep ing bo th motos of the 30·40 C cla ss. Results W / P/w: 1. Ryan Colem an (Yam); 2. J esse Lancas ter . PIW 0 ·8 : 1. Eric W ill iam s(Kaw); 2. M ichael Smith (Kaw ); 3 . Jason Hanson (Kaw ). P/w 9- 11 : 1: Jessy William s (Kaw ). M INI BEG: t. Jessy W ill iam s (KIwi; 2. Kevi n Pfeiff er (Kaw ); 3 . Cory Coulter (Hon) . MINI J R: t . Chad Reed (Kawl; 2. Jo hn W illi am s (Kaw); 3 . Brandon Luca s (Han). PP: t . Diane Hurst (Kaw ); 2. Ja net Dean (Yam); 3 . Patt i Bren (Hon) . 125 BEG: 1. Bill Cooper (Hon); 2. Tony Haas (Honl; 3 . Shawn lowery (Han). 125 JR : 1. Bill Kent (Yam); 2. Josh McV eigh (Han); 3 . Dave Hucke (Yaml. • 250 BEG: 1. Paul Gagner (Han); 2. Gary Bren (Hon); 3 . David Wi nters (Suz). 250 JR: t . Al an Evans (SUI); 2. Dave Ake rman (Kawl ; 3. J esse Oean (Hon). 250 INT: t . Brent Delay (Han ); 2. Ralph Dun lop (SUI). 250 PRO: t . M ike Bell (S uz); 2. Tracy Bet hel (SuI I. OPEN BEG: t . Dw ayne DeYou ng (Hon ); 2. Pat Dougherty (ATK); 3 . Kevin Grove (KTM). OPEN J R: 1. Ern ie Tr ulson (Han ); 2. Chuck Ensrud (Han); 3. J eff W ilson (ATK). UTH: 1. Steve Smith (SUI ); 2. Brent Delay (Honl ; 2. John William s Jr . (Han). 30-40 C: 1. Wal t Woolley lSUIl; 2. l ee Fellabau m (KTMI ; 3 . David Win ters (Suz). 30-40 B: 1. Bill Kent (Yaml; 2. Jack Coul ter (Hon); 3 . J am es Glad ish (KTM ). 30·40A: t . M itch Kirkpa tr ick (Yaml ; 2. J erryWilson (A TK); 3 . M ike Perry (SuII. 40+ NOV: t . Je rry DeWi tt (Yam); 2. Mike Reuther (Suz~ 3 . Cliff Stump (Hon). . 40+ AM : 1. J im Den evan (SUI); 2. Dic k Stidham (Yam ); 3 . Eric Burkin shaw (Han). Ferrell tops IMS Over The Hill Gang Classic By Scott Daloisio . SAN BER NAR DI NO, CA , SE PT. 6 " Dangero us" Dubb Ferr ell returned to Inland Mo tor Speedwa y Wedn esda y n igh, and took top hon o rs in th e ina ugu ral IMS Over The HIli Ga ng Class ic. Fans go t a cha nce to cheer man y of th eir o ld favo rites as a stro ng field of retired rid ers pa rticipated in th e event. Jim "T he An imal " Fishback p ut th e crow d o n it s feet when he used a wi ld ride aro und th e boa rds to win the open ing heat race. T he seco nd eigh tlapr r went to Ferrell o ver Steve Nutter a nd J ef Tom li n . Forme r Europea n U nder-2 1 Cha mp io n R on Pr est on closed o u t th e prelim ina ries with a wi n in th e sem i. That put th e lo ng-past 21-year-old int o th e ma in event. The co mpe titive ju ices were flowing fu ll force fo r th e start of th e main. T ha t becam e clear wh en Fishback an d Mike " Mad Dog "Mazzacane co llided in the middle of the back chute o n lap o ne. Mazzacan e restarted the vent but Fishb ack , who sustained an injury to hi s neck and fin ger, was o ut, When the race restarted, Ferr ell put h is J awa int o the lead ah ead of Nutter. T omlin, in fourth, pu lled o ut befor e th e race reached th e halfway point aft er frr ing hi s clutch . Nutter stay ed clo se to Ferrel all the way . As they ca me off turn four and headed for the white flag , Nutter tried to sneak around the lead er. Ferr ell too k a look back, rea lized how clo se Nutt er was and turned o n th e throttle. He moved o u t to a small lead that he carried to th e checkered. Nutter fin ished seco nd fol lo wed by Mazzacan e and Billy Meist er. In IMS Handicap action, " Fast " Eddie Castro took the D&E Da shu gger /Mat 's Machine/STP Weslak e to the mai n event win . T he real action started in turn one on lap two. Don Odom and Tony Bienert went wide. Behind 'hem , Charles ErmoJen ko too k evasive action, a nd ended up getting tossed in the cush ion and tumbling 40 feet dow n the trac k. Castro rod e around the outside for the lead, but the ma n to wa tch was " Rad " Bra d Oxley. In his best 1989 IMS sho wing, Oxley knifed his way through the pack. Ox ley chased do wn th e diminutive leader o n the fina l lap , but he did not have time to pass. The first five finishers were Castro, Ox ley, Ha mill, Kevin Jo rda n a nd Bien ert. In Scratch raci ng , Bobby Schwaru again took hi s Budweiser Silkolene/C.T.I. Brace! STP/Astrodeck·sponsored GM to a co mfo rta ble win . Hami ll followed Schwam ho me with Mike Faria th ird and Scott Brant fourth. Jawa-riding Marshall Topping won th e last regular season Second Di visio n main of the 1989 season . Results SCRATCH: t . Bobby Sch wartz (GM I; 2. Billy Hamill (Wes); 3 . M ike Faria (Gdn); 4 . Scott Brant (GM ). HDCP: 1. Ed Castro (Wes); 2. Brad OJil ley (Wes); 3 . Billy Hamill (Wes); 4 . Kevin Jordan (Wesl . 0 · 2: 1. Marshall Topping (Jaw); 2. Wayne Manchester (Wes); 3 . Chris CaS n (Wes); 4 . Mark Fau l (Wesl . li OTH CLASS IC; 1. Dubb Ferr ell (Jawl; 2. Steve Nutt er (Jaw) ; 3 . Bill y Me ister (Wes); 4 . Mike M azzacane (Jaw ). Hughes cashes in at Perris MX PERRIS, CA , SE PT. 2-3 Ryan H ugh es was ecsta tic as he co llected the lar gest payc hec k of hi s you ng racin g career a t Perr is Raceway in southern Ca liforn ia. Fres h fro m a stro ng showi ng a t the recent N MA Pon ca City Na tio nal s, th e Team Gr een Kawa sak i rider showed up at the o pen ing ro und of the Five- race So Ca l Fa ll Series. H is da y. ho wever. d id n 't sta rt off very well in the Iirst 125cc Pro mo to as he go t a bad sta rt and was for ced to gi ve chase to th e front runners am idst IOO¥degre e temperatures. In the end o f th e rnoto, th o ugh . it was Suzuki's Budd y Antunez taki ng-th e win . P hil La wrence finished seco nd an d H ugh es managed to work h is way up to thi rd. It wa s Bubba Erickso n gra bb ing rh e holesho t in the seco nd mo to , but he was quickly d isp laced by H ughes who sai led '0 the win o ver Antu nez. An tu ne z' 1-2 was good enoug h , however . 10 to p Hugh es 3- 1 in the overa ll sta nd ing s. In th e 250cc Pro class, H ugh es added to his seco nd place 125cc fini sh by winn in g Doth motos and th e overa ll. Kerry Mulligan ended up seco nd in eac h motu for second overa ll. H ugh es co llected $400 for hi s efforts o n th e day . T he mos t exci ting battl e of the day, however. was in th e J25cc In termedi a te class . The duel was between Team Green's Tom my Clo wers a nd Worl d Mini G P Champion J oel Albrec h t. T he first m ot o saw Randy Danyl o g rab th e hol esh ot. but he was q uic kly passed by J eff Fin e. Bot h Albr echt and Clowers crashed in th eir pu rsuit of Fin e, who held o n for th e W:,l; Clow ers was seco nd with Albr ech t thi rd, T he seco nd mot a saw Clo wers grab the early lead with Albr echt in tow . Fin e was mired in traffic and would never be a threat . Up Iront Clow ers and Albrecht bauled ferocio us ly for the first three laps of th e 30-minute moto. Albr echt, howev er, fou nd the quickest way th rough th e stadium-style wh oops a nd held on for the win. Fin e's 1-6 took thi rd o ve ra ll behind Albrecht and Cl ower s. " respectively. Results 80 BEG: 1. D.J . Radcliff (Han); 2. Dean Van Riper (Yam); 3. Chuck Enscoe (Kaw ); 4. Mike Batt ista (SUI ); S. Steven Thornton II (Kaw i. 80 NOV: 1. larry Li nkugle (Kaw t 2. David Hicks (Kaw ); 3 . Dan Bun nell (Hon); 4. lyle Danu ser (SUI ); 5 . David Ferr ier lSuzl . 80 INT: 1. Steve Heng eveld (Kaw); 2. Greg Sch nell (Kaw) ; 3. Jack Cox (Kaw); 4. Ty Kady (Kaw ); 5. Tim Stanford (Hon). 80 EX: t . Crai g Decke r (SUI); 2. Steve Andrich (SUI) . 125 BEG: t . Shawn Mc intosh (Kaw); 2. Owe n Dickson (Yarni; 3 . Jay Pevlovec (Honl; 4. Richard Oli va (Yam); 5. Johnny Wi lhoit (Han). 125 NOV: 1. Jer ry Jetton (SUI); 2. J .J. Petchel (Yam); 3. Roger Haupt ma n (SUI ); 4. M att Polosky (Kaw l; 5. Randy Betl en (Yam ). 125 INT: 1. Joe l Albr echt (Kaw) ; 2. Tomm y Clowars (K8W); 3 . Jeff Fin e (Han ); 4. Billy Felts (Kaw ); 5. Dana W iggins (Yam). 126 PRO: 1. Buddy A nt unel (Suz); 2. Ryan Hughes (Kaw); 3 . Phil Lawrence(Yam); 4 . M ike Chamberlain (Yam ); 5. Ch ris Radzinsll;i (Yaml. 250 BEG: 1. Chad Mc into sh (Han); 2. Brett John son (Han); 3 . Ron Bu rrows (SUI); 4. Nick Kra us (Han ); 5 . Chris Ship man (Yaml . . 250 HOV: 1. Danny Seyter (Hon); 2. Brett Stubbs (Kaw); 3. Christain Holl and (Han); 4 . OavKI Barlow IKaw); 5. Will Dickson (Yam). 250 INT: 1. J eff Fine (Hon); 2. Bill Sauro (Hon); 3 . Ray

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